Proverbs 30:14

There is a dor (generation), whose teeth are as charavot (swords), 1 and their jaw teeth are as knives, 1 to devour the aniyim (oppressed poor ones) from off ha'aretz, 1 and the evyonim (needy ones) from among adam. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

In Context

13There is a dor (generation), O how haughty in loftiness are their eynayim! 1 And their eyelids are proudly lifted up. 1

15The leech hath two banot: Give! Give! 1 There are shalosh (three) that are never satisfied, 1 indeed, four things never say, Enough! 1

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Cross References

Job 29:17And I broke the fangs of the wicked, 1 and plucked the prey out of his shinayim. 1

Psalms 3:7I will not be afraid of ten thousands of am (people), 1 that have set themselves against me round about. 1

Psalms 12:5Who have said, With leshoneinu (our tongue) will we prevail; 1 our lips are our own: who is Adon over us? 1

Psalms 52:2When Do'eg HaAdomi [the Edomite] went to Sha'ul and said to him, Dovid has gone to Bais Achimelech) 1

Psalms 57:5My nefesh is among lions, 1 and I lie even among them that devour Bnei Adam, 1 whose shinayim (teeth) are spears and khitzim (arrows), 1 and their leshon a sharp cherev. 1

Proverbs 12:18There is one who speaketh rash words like the wounding of a cherev, 1 but the lashon of the chachamim promotes marpeh (healing). 1

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:11-15

Four Wicked Generations. 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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